My Partner For Learning Solutions Student Support Services: Impacting student achievement by addressing non-academic barriers to learning 1

My Partner For Learning Solutions

Student Support Services:

Impacting student achievement by addressing non-academic barriers to learning

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Healthy Students Make Better Learners

Students need to:

• be in school

• be in class

• have the social and emotional skills to engage in learning, and

• be ready to learn

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Overview Dilley Report ACES Study Summary

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Overview Dilley Report ACES Study Summary


Dilley ReportOverview ACES Study Summary

Academic Achievement and Health

Research Review: School-based Health Interventions and Academic Achievement

www.healthyschoolswa.org



Unlucky 13 • Severe asthma

• Obesity

• Cigarette smoking

• Feeling unsafe at school

• Drinking soda pop

• Marijuana use

• Insufficient exercise

• Feeling depressed

• Excess TV watching

• Alcohol use

• No breakfast

• Insufficient sleep

• Insufficient fruit/vegetables



Healthy Students Learn Better



Healthy Students Learn Better



Key Findings• Health and Education are linked

• Every health risk can affect academic success

• Interventions can narrow disparities

• Health interventions can improve learning and health

• Comprehensive programs are better

Learn more at www.HealthySchoolsWA.org



Adverse Childhood Experiences Study:

Physical, Mental & Behavioral Health Built by Experience



Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)1. Child physical abuse 2. Child sexual abuse3. Child emotional abuse4. Neglect5. Mentally ill, depressed or suicidal person in the home6. Drug addicted or alcoholic family member7. Witnessing domestic violence against the mother8. Divorce or parental separation9. Incarceration of any member of the household



Dose-Response Relationship: More ACEs = More Disease

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More ACEs = More Disease

Life-long Physical, Mental & Behavioral Health Outcomes Linked to ACEs

• Alcohol, tobacco & other drug addiction• Auto-immune disease• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease & ischemic heart disease• Depression, anxiety & other mental illness• Diabetes• Multiple divorces• Fetal death• High risk sexual activity, STDs & unintended pregnancy



More ACEs = More Disease

Life-long Physical, Mental & Behavioral Health Outcomes Linked to ACEs

• Intimate partner violence—perpetration & victimization• Liver disease• Lung cancer• Obesity • Self-regulation & anger management problems• Skeletal fractures• Suicide attempts• Work problems—including absenteeism, productivity & on-the-

job injury



COGNITIVE:

CONSEQUENCES OF COMPLEX TRAUMA ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT

• Slowed language development• Attention problems (ADD/ADHD)• Speech delay• Poor verbal memory/recall• Loss of brain matter/IQ



Social:


• Aggression & violent outbursts• Poor self-control of emotion• Can’t modify behavior in response to social

cues• Social isolation—can’t navigate friendship



Mental Health:


• Poor social/emotional development• Alcohol, tobacco & other drug abuse—

vulnerable to early initiation• Adolescent & adult mental health disorders—

especially depression, suicide, dissociative disorder, borderline personality disorder, PTSD





Students with ACEs…Why is this important?

o Are 2 ½ times more likely to fail a grade

o Score lower on standardized testso Have language difficultieso Are suspended or expelled moreo Are designated to special education

more frequentlyo Have poorer health



Relevancy to Educators• Children’s behavior and emotional adjustment

facilitates or hinders academic success

• Behaviors can impact their own learning but also the school systems as their behaviors affects their classmates and teachers

• How school staff succeed with traumatized children’s needs is essential to the success of all students in the school



Identify Issues

Identify Useful Data

Data Capacity

Vision for Data

Use

The Cycle of Inquiry

and Action

Getting Ready

Identify Issues

Under-stand the

Issue

Diagnose Causes

Plan and Take

Action

Evaluate Results

Formulate Initial

Questions



How Can We Support You?ESD Student Support Initiatives

• Center for Research and Data Analysis• Data Coaching• Compassionate Schools & CLEAR Project• Dropout Prevention/Intervention/Reengagement• Education Advocates• School/Community Consortium for Student

Success• School Nurse Corps



How Can We Support You?ESD Student Support Initiatives

• Nurse Case Management• True North Student Assistance• Licensed Mental Health services• Supplemental Education Services• After School and Extended Day programs• Youth Employment & Training • Cultural Competency

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